Job: Director of Care
Location: Swords, Co. Dublin
Site: Leading Nursing Home & ABI Service
Salary:€100,000 – €120,000
Shape the future of specialist rehabilitation and long-term care!
Excel Recruitment is proud to partner with one of Ireland’s leading providers of residential and specialist care services, to recruit a Director of Care to lead care delivery at one of their largest and most complex sites in Swords.
This is a key senior leadership role with full accountability for the governance, quality, and safety of care across the home, including both long-term care and specialist ABI services.
The ABI unit, established just 14 months ago, is growing at pace and offers a forward-thinking, rehabilitation focused model of care within a highly supportive and well-resourced environment.
Successful candidate:
You will be leading a large, complex, and highly regarded service, supported by a team of over 240 staff, where long-term care is delivered alongside a rapidly growing ABI unit-offering both challenge and the chance to make a meaningful, lasting impact.
You will be supported by a well-established, experienced leadership team, including:
- Director of Operations (overseeing all clinical operations)
- Two Assistant Directors of Care
- Clinical Nurse Managers
- A large, skilled Multidisciplinary Team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech & Language Therapists and Rehabilitation Assistants.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as Person in Charge in line with HIQA regulations
- Ensure full compliance with the Health Act 2007 and HIQA Standards
- Lead inspections and maintain continuous audit readiness
- Oversee risk, safeguarding, and incident management
- Provide strategic leadership across all care services
- Oversee complex clinical decision-making and escalation
- Drive continuous improvement in care quality and outcomes
- Lead and support Assistant Directors of Care and CNMs
- Promote a culture of excellence, accountability, and compassion
- Ensure appropriate staffing, skill mix, and clinical supervision
- Champion person-centred care and resident dignity
- Oversee assessment and care planning frameworks
- Drive quality improvement based on feedback and outcomes
- Partner with senior leadership on service development
- Support the ongoing growth of the ABI unit
- Contribute to long-term planning and innovation
Eligibility Criteria:
- Registered Nurse with active NMBI registration.
- Experience operating at a senior clinical leadership level within a regulated care environment in Ireland.
- Postgraduate qualification in healthcare management, leadership, or a related discipline.
- Strong knowledge of HIQA regulations, governance frameworks, and inspection processes.
- Proven experience as a Person in Charge (PIC) or in a role with equivalent regulatory accountability.
- Demonstrated experience in leading quality improvement, risk management, and compliance.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.
- Experience in complex or multi-service environments (e.g. long-term care and specialist services).
- Experience leading or supporting services through HIQA inspections.
Benefits:
- Generous salary: €100,000 – €120,000 per annum
- Pension: 5% employer contribution
- Annual Leave: 30 days
- Health Insurance: €1,500 contribution
- Death in Service: 3x annual salary
- Training & Development
- Free Parking
- Employee Assistance Programme
What you need to do now:
Please reach out confidentially to Charlene Cooke by email or telephone 00353 89 9455139
Job: Director of Care
Location: Swords, Co. Dublin
Site: Leading Nursing Home & ABI Service
Salary:€100,000 – €120,000
Shape the future of specialist rehabilitation and long-term care!
Excel Recruitment is proud to partner with one of Ireland’s leading providers of residential and specialist care services, to recruit a Director of Care to lead care delivery at one of their largest and most complex sites in Swords.
This is a key senior leadership role with full accountability for the governance, quality, and safety of care across the home, including both long-term care and specialist ABI services.
The ABI unit, established just 14 months ago, is growing at pace and offers a forward-thinking, rehabilitation focused model of care within a highly supportive and well-resourced environment.
Successful candidate:
You will be leading a large, complex, and highly regarded service, supported by a team of over 240 staff, where long-term care is delivered alongside a rapidly growing ABI unit-offering both challenge and the chance to make a meaningful, lasting impact.
You will be supported by a well-established, experienced leadership team, including:
- Director of Operations (overseeing all clinical operations)
- Two Assistant Directors of Care
- Clinical Nurse Managers
- A large, skilled Multidisciplinary Team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech & Language Therapists and Rehabilitation Assistants.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as Person in Charge in line with HIQA regulations
- Ensure full compliance with the Health Act 2007 and HIQA Standards
- Lead inspections and maintain continuous audit readiness
- Oversee risk, safeguarding, and incident management
- Provide strategic leadership across all care services
- Oversee complex clinical decision-making and escalation
- Drive continuous improvement in care quality and outcomes
- Lead and support Assistant Directors of Care and CNMs
- Promote a culture of excellence, accountability, and compassion
- Ensure appropriate staffing, skill mix, and clinical supervision
- Champion person-centred care and resident dignity
- Oversee assessment and care planning frameworks
- Drive quality improvement based on feedback and outcomes
- Partner with senior leadership on service development
- Support the ongoing growth of the ABI unit
- Contribute to long-term planning and innovation
Eligibility Criteria:
- Registered Nurse with active NMBI registration.
- Experience operating at a senior clinical leadership level within a regulated care environment in Ireland.
- Postgraduate qualification in healthcare management, leadership, or a related discipline.
- Strong knowledge of HIQA regulations, governance frameworks, and inspection processes.
- Proven experience as a Person in Charge (PIC) or in a role with equivalent regulatory accountability.
- Demonstrated experience in leading quality improvement, risk management, and compliance.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.
- Experience in complex or multi-service environments (e.g. long-term care and specialist services).
- Experience leading or supporting services through HIQA inspections.
Benefits:
- Generous salary: €100,000 – €120,000 per annum
- Pension: 5% employer contribution
- Annual Leave: 30 days
- Health Insurance: €1,500 contribution
- Death in Service: 3x annual salary
- Training & Development
- Free Parking
- Employee Assistance Programme
What you need to do now:
Please reach out confidentially to Charlene Cooke by email or telephone 00353 89 9455139
Job: Director of Care
Location: Swords, Co. Dublin
Site: Leading Nursing Home & ABI Service
Salary:€100,000 – €120,000
Shape the future of specialist rehabilitation and long-term care!
Excel Recruitment is proud to partner with one of Ireland’s leading providers of residential and specialist care services, to recruit a Director of Care to lead care delivery at one of their largest and most complex sites in Swords.
This is a key senior leadership role with full accountability for the governance, quality, and safety of care across the home, including both long-term care and specialist ABI services.
The ABI unit, established just 14 months ago, is growing at pace and offers a forward-thinking, rehabilitation focused model of care within a highly supportive and well-resourced environment.
Successful candidate:
You will be leading a large, complex, and highly regarded service, supported by a team of over 240 staff, where long-term care is delivered alongside a rapidly growing ABI unit-offering both challenge and the chance to make a meaningful, lasting impact.
You will be supported by a well-established, experienced leadership team, including:
- Director of Operations (overseeing all clinical operations)
- Two Assistant Directors of Care
- Clinical Nurse Managers
- A large, skilled Multidisciplinary Team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech & Language Therapists and Rehabilitation Assistants.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as Person in Charge in line with HIQA regulations
- Ensure full compliance with the Health Act 2007 and HIQA Standards
- Lead inspections and maintain continuous audit readiness
- Oversee risk, safeguarding, and incident management
- Provide strategic leadership across all care services
- Oversee complex clinical decision-making and escalation
- Drive continuous improvement in care quality and outcomes
- Lead and support Assistant Directors of Care and CNMs
- Promote a culture of excellence, accountability, and compassion
- Ensure appropriate staffing, skill mix, and clinical supervision
- Champion person-centred care and resident dignity
- Oversee assessment and care planning frameworks
- Drive quality improvement based on feedback and outcomes
- Partner with senior leadership on service development
- Support the ongoing growth of the ABI unit
- Contribute to long-term planning and innovation
Eligibility Criteria:
- Registered Nurse with active NMBI registration.
- Experience operating at a senior clinical leadership level within a regulated care environment in Ireland.
- Postgraduate qualification in healthcare management, leadership, or a related discipline.
- Strong knowledge of HIQA regulations, governance frameworks, and inspection processes.
- Proven experience as a Person in Charge (PIC) or in a role with equivalent regulatory accountability.
- Demonstrated experience in leading quality improvement, risk management, and compliance.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.
- Experience in complex or multi-service environments (e.g. long-term care and specialist services).
- Experience leading or supporting services through HIQA inspections.
Benefits:
- Generous salary: €100,000 – €120,000 per annum
- Pension: 5% employer contribution
- Annual Leave: 30 days
- Health Insurance: €1,500 contribution
- Death in Service: 3x annual salary
- Training & Development
- Free Parking
- Employee Assistance Programme
What you need to do now:
Please reach out confidentially to Charlene Cooke by email or telephone 00353 89 9455139
Excel Healthcare are currently recruiting a Director of Nursing on behalf of one of Ireland’s leading providers of residential care for their high-end nursing home in South Dublin
The Director of Nursing will oversee all aspects of care and management at the home with support from a progressive head office team and two Assistant Directors of Nursing on site. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role at an exciting time of change and development at the facility. Our client can offer a supportive working environment along with a very competitive benefits package. This position would suit an experienced Assistant Director of Nursing who is looking to step into a PIC role or a DON who is looking for career progression with the country’s most ambitious provider.
What’s on offer? Industry leading salary and benefits package for the right candidate along with strong support from all elements of the senior management to ensure success in the role
Responsibilities of this Director of Nursing job include:
- Ensuring implementation and adherence to company and HIQA standards, procedures, and guidelines
- Overseeing all resident care and the home’s clinical practice
- Financial, administrative, and budgetary management
- Recruitment, training, and development of all staff
What you need to be considered for this Director of Nursing job:
- NMBI registration
- Natural Leadership, Organisational and Communication skills
- Management experience in a similar environment
- Strong knowledge of HIQA Standards
Should you wish to have a chat about current opportunities, please upload your current CV to the link provided or call Brian on 01 8717676 to confidentially chat about this position in more detail. As Ireland’s Leading Healthcare Recruiters, we are currently recruiting nurses and other senior management positions across the country and would be delighted to advise you further on your next move
Excel Healthcare is delighted to be recruiting for a full-time permanent Director of Nursing in a private nursing home in Sligo
The Director of Nursing will oversee all aspects of care and activities in this state-of-the-art private nursing home with support from a well-experienced and dedicated healthcare team. The nursing home itself is located just outside Sligo town in beautifully picturesque surroundings. With a 46-resident capacity, this nursing home provides the highest standard of care in a personalised and holistic manner. This role would suit an ADON or a CNM with extensive experience in a management capacity.
Requirements of this Director of Nursing role:
- Registered with NMBI and hold an active pin.
- Post-registration qualification in healthcare management or equivalent is essential.
- Minimum 3 year’s experience in the nursing of older people within the last 6 years.
- Proven clinical competence and passion in delivering outstanding care to older people
- Currently residing in Ireland, with a valid work visa [if required]
Responsibilities of this Director of Nursing Role:
- The day-to-day professional and managerial responsibility for the nursing home.
- You will be accountable for the implementation of the clinical strategy and development of clinical practices and for ensuring professional leadership
- Ensuring professional leadership and the continuous professional development of clinical staff
- Implementation of improvements to improve patient experience
If you are interested in this role, or any other jobs on the Excel Recruitment website, please contact Maraleeze via the link below. Your application will be treated in the strictest of confidence
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